The development growth of China from its industrialization intensity

• Main Authors: Renata Klafke, Claudia Tania Picinin, Alexandre R. Lages, Luiz Alberto Pilatti
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-01-01
• Series: Cogent Business & Management
• Subjects: china; industrialization; progress; development growth
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2018.1438747

This paper investigates which technological levels of industry contributed most to the formation and development of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the Human Development Index (HDI) in China from 2000 to 2010. These indexes were the dependent variables. The independent variables were selected from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization database, and encompass employees and manufacturing establishments from 23 industries bracketed into technological levels intensity. Ordinary least squares regressions were run to indicate the relationship of dependency and explanatory power between variables. The results showed that mid-low technology level industries have greater impact on the China’s GDP; however, no technology level industry really influences the HDI.